Republicans Are Only Beginning to Grapple With Their Women Problem

“The message to women is: We’re all for nuclear family, but we’re also, if you don’t want to have kids, fine, I mean, it’s up to you,” Sen. Tommy Tuberville told NOTUS.

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Abortion rights supporters gather outside the Capitol. Matt York/AP

With less than 100 days until the election, Democrats are finding a surprising amount of traction by attacking the GOP’s record on women — and Republicans, thus far, are having trouble responding.

Abortion. In vitro fertilization. Even a — to use the Democratic Party’s word — “weird” wrath for “childless cat ladies.” Polling backs up what Democrats are seeing: a significant shift in the presidential race toward Kamala Harris now that she is the nominee, particularly with women.

Recent polling shows women breaking for Harris by 16 percentage points over former President Donald Trump. That’s markedly better than her former running mate, Joe Biden, who ran neck and neck with Trump with women.